Box Office: 'Civil War' Opens to A24 Record $25.7M deadline.com/2024/04/box-of…

Iranian notice of attack may have dampened escalation risks reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Supreme Court to weigh if January 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction - The Washington Post apple.news/A-dfBC_64TPq4f…

AI-generated fashion models could bring more diversity to the industry - or leave it with less (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/aaa489…

Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen? - The New York Times

Some Vanderbilt students will have $100,000 in total expenses for the 2024-25 school year. The school doesn’t really want to talk about it. nytimes.com/2024/04/05/you…

The creation of deepfake images or videos involves using algorithms or processes that can learn from a large amount of data and generate new content that looks realistic.

Some of the common methods are:

🙅 A survey thoroughly assesses the latest developments in deepfake generation and detection. It focuses on facial manipulation techniques such as face swapping, reenactment, talking face generation, attribute editing, and foreign element detection.
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Automatic Facial Reenactment vcai.mpi-inf.mpg.de/projects/FaceR…

What's in a Face: How technology uses our faces : TED Radio Hour : NPR npr.org/programs/ted-r…

I concur. This was a theme of my book “American Psychosis.” Trump is a symptom. The problem is tens of millions cheer his demagoguery, hatred, and lies.

Can you hear the birds chirping? Hundreds of bird species find sanctuary in Central Park year-round, especially in the north end of the Park. Discover this magic tulip tree at the Great Hill, a favorite of orioles, tanagers, indigo buntings, and more! #EarthMonth

🎥 May 2023

'It appears as though Donald Trump has just violated the gag order by attacking the credibility of witness [Cohen]. Will there be any consequences?'
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Palestinians, who were displaced by Israel's military offensive on south Gaza, make their way as they attempt to return to their homes in north Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from central Gaza Strip April 14, 2024. Photo by Ashraf Amra

The NYC criminal trial commences tomorrow with jury selection. I expect very little excitement, but I do think we'll see the Trump side telegraph their strategy. Call me a cynic, but I don't think their strategy is to obtain an acquittal at all. It's to obtain a mistrial. It's to…

Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop was the 1st Black woman to become a licensed horse trainer. She didn't let the hardship of being a woman of color in a field dominated by men stop her from doing what she loved — training horses that went on to win dozens of races.🙏🏿wvmetronews.com/2024/04/11/fir…

Russian, Iranian foreign ministers warn against further escalation in Middle East reut.rs/3Jp5yQB

The US has a record-high 550 'million-dollar' cities - Apr 2, 2024 zillow.mediaroom.com/2024-04-02-The…

The U.S. has more ‘million-dollar’ cities than ever. Here’s where they are trib.al/1Jcd90s

When I was on a menswear forum, 'What constitutes rich' was a huge and annoyingly reoccurring topic. The people who didn't think $400k is 'rich' typically thought owning Porche 911s, sending kids to private school, and taking international vacations was 'normal' or 'middle class'

Man killed, woman wounded in domestic-related shooting, perpetrator fatally shoots himself after police pursuit (Custer, S.D.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer
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